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Chrysotile from
Sassi Neri-Sodera area, Impruneta, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy


Locality type:Outcrop
Classification
Species:Chrysotile
Formula:Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chrysotile data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sassi Neri-Sodera area, Impruneta, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:956015
Long-form Identifier:1:3:956015:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chrysotile
30.5km (18.9 miles) ⓘCastagno prospects (Migliarino and Forra prospects), Il Castagno, Gambassi Terme, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
31.9km (19.8 miles) ⓘGambassi Quarry (Borgo alla Collina), Gambassi Terme, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
35.2km (21.9 miles) ⓘFornaci di Montignoso Quarry (Bi.Bru Quarry), Montaione, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
35.6km (22.1 miles) ⓘPoggio del Cornocchio quarries, Volterra, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
35.6km (22.1 miles) ⓘCetine di Camporbiano Mine (Le Cetine; Cetine di Volterra; Cetine di Gambassi), Podere Giuseppe, Gambassi Terme, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
35.7km (22.2 miles) ⓘLa Striscia, Il Castagno, Gambassi Terme, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
49.9km (31.0 miles) ⓘSasso di Castro, Futa Pass - Raticosa Pass area, Firenzuola, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
51.7km (32.1 miles) ⓘMontecastelli Pisano, Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
53.4km (33.2 miles) ⓘSerra dei Zanchetti (Serra del Zanchetto ophiolite), Camugnano, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
53.4km (33.2 miles) ⓘFosce creek, Orciatico, Lajatico, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
References
Batacchi, Cristiano, Capperi, Mario, Cosci, Carlo, Bittarello, Erica, Ciriotti, Marco E., Prosperi, Bruno, Borselli, Giovanni, Fassina, Bruno, Ceccantini, Luca (2015) Secondo ritrovamento mondiale di hylbrownite e altre nuove identificazioni nelle serpentiniti di Impruneta, Toscana [Second world discovery of hylbrownite and other new identifications in the serpentinites of Impruneta, Tuscany]. Micro, 13 (1). 40-51
 
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